Vending-machine.



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L. NEUMYER.

VENDING- MACHINE. APPLIOATIQN FILED DBO. 19, 191,1

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LUDWIG EUMAYER, OF STRASSBURG, GERMANY.

vENnrNG-MACHINE;

specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 24, 1591,25.v

Application filed December 19, 1911. Serial No. 666,781.

To all whom it mayrzmcem:

Be it known that I, LUDWIG NEUMAYER,

a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and

resident of Strassburg, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines.

This inventioni relates to improvements in vending machines.

The object of the invention is to provide a vending machine operated by two or more independent coins, one of which acts to operate device-s for venting the article or liquid to be-dispensed.

rhe invent-ion also relates to improve` ments in the details of construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinits periphery a plurality of concave notches' 9@- to receive a coin. The shaft 10 is con? tinuously revolved by any suitable mecha` nism not shown for a purpose to be de# scribed. Located adjacent the disk 9 is a coin chute-1S which extends upwardly and forwardly toward'the front wall of the, casing as shown in Fig. 1. The chute 18 is formed with a branch 18"L to direct -a coin to one of the concave notches 9l in the disk 9. Cooperating with the upper portion of the coin chute 1S and adapted to lform a continuation thereof, is agate 1 pivoted at 1a and provided with a crank arm To the outer end of the crank arm 3S is pivoted a lever 7, theA lower end of which is pivoted to an arm 3G of a bell crank lever 35, mount-ed on a pivot 36. To the other arm 3T of the bell crank leverl is pivoted a link 32, connected by alink 3l with a counter 30.

Pivoted at 49 above the disk 9 is a` bell crank lever SX' one arm of which is'pivoted at 4S to the lever 7. The other arm 55 of said bell crank lever is in the form of a segment and is provided with a slot 50 and at its lower forward end is mounted a roller 4T, against which the periphery of the disk Fig. 2 is an end elevation,` par- 9-beais. In advance of the disk 9, is a latch lever 47 pivoted at 46 and formed with a cam surface 47 near its upper end and nearer its lower portion itis provided with I a roller which is located adjacent t-he periphery of fthe'disk 9. To the lower extended end of the lever 47 is'attacheda yspring 26, the opposite end of which is attached to the; lowerl end of a coin holding lever,12. The coin holding lever 12 is pivoted at 14 and projecting from its upper end `is a stud 13", w-hicheXtends through the slot in the crank lever 8^. `At a suitable point Asome distance above the-pivot 14, a pin 1G extends'from the. coin holding lever 12 and into the chute 18 below the bottom of the branch 1S:L also extending from the lever 12 at a. suitable point. below the pivot 14 is a pin 2'9 which extends into thc chute 18. rilhe pins 16 .and-29 lform supportsfor the coins during the operation ofthe machine as will be described later on. l

The lever 7 is formed with a slot 9.4 in which fits a Vpin '25 on the end of a lever 19 pivoted at 23. The rear en'd ofzlevcr Q3 is formed with a lateral portion having a threaded opening to receive a screw 20. Located in the path of movement of the end vof the screw 20 isa normally outwardly spring pressed valve stem 2S of a valve Q8 a pipe 41.

Adjacent the gate 1l is a hopper 2 which communicates'with a chute I3 leading to a cup 4. This arrangement is for the purpose lof returning a coin to a customer if perchance there be inserted a second coin in the machine before the mechanism had com pleted the operation started by the introduction of the previous coins. j

' Inoperation the gate 1 is normally in the position shown in full lines in F ig. 2,l thatv is to say the lever T is in its lowest position as shown in Fig. 1, and the gate is in registry with the chute 18. The shaft 10 is continually rotated so that when the coins are introduced, one will be caught in one of the notches 9EL to effect the operation of the mechanism. A coin is inserted in the o'pent ing communicating with the chute, and is held suspended by the pin 1G at the point indicated at Z in Fig. 1, then a second coin is introduced and when it Astrikes the first coin Z it willroll in the branch 18a of thc chute and into one of the `notches 91as indicated at e. As the disk 9 revolves in the di-I recton of the arrow b, coin c will contact with the roller l1 and rock the crank lever 8X in the direction of the arrow and through the pivotal connection 48, the. lever 7 will be raised.` When lever 7 is moved up, it rocks thev gate 1 to the dotted line posi 'tion shown in F ig. 2 so as to permit a coin if inserted after the parts have thus moved to fall into the hopper 2, and thence to the" pin 29 in` the path of the coinV consequently the latter is again supported in the chute.

'lVhen lever 7 is 'raised the pivot'pin 48 willl ride'over the camportion of the latch lever 47 and spring 26 will pull the upper endl of said lever under said pin and hold the parts in `this position and' will move the roller 4 5 in the lpath of'inoveinent of the coin c. The raising of lever 7 also rocks the lever 19 and causes the end of the screw 20 to force the' spring pressed valve stem down and open the valve and permit the liquid to pass' through the pipe 41. Upward movement of `lever 7 performs another Ifuncton in that through the connections 3,5-33 and 3l the inclined plate 34 is"ifo'cked in the direction. of the arrow 51 to deposit thepreviously introduced coins to the draw 54 and also to operate the counter 30. 4Now as the disk9 continues to revolve the coin c will contact with the roller 45 and rock lever 47 an'd thereby remove the upper endK from under the pivot 4S and permit crank lever S to assume its normal position, and through the spring 26 and the wall of the slot the coin holding lever willbe rocked on its pivot and returned to normal position, withdrawing the pin 29 from under the coin to permit the latter to drop and slide down on the plate 34where it willbe exposed `to l' notch aboutV the same time coin d falls from view through the glass panels. The parts are so timed that coin c will fall from its the pin 29,v l,During the -time the coin c is traveling from the roller 11 to roller 45 the liquid is flowing through the pipe 41, then when the lever 47 is released and is assuming its normal position the spring valve will gradually close the slot 24, permitting o-f this movement after lever 7 is lowered.

Obviously if it be desired to arrange the parts so that it will require theintroduction of three coins instead of two to operate the mechanism .the only changes necessary to make is tolocate the pin 16 at` the point indicatedat `15 in Fig. 1. Under these circuinstances the first coin indicated at al will be supported on a pin inserted at 15 and the/second coin indicated at d will be seats, a coin holding lever having a pin which extends into the coin chute to tem orarily support a coin so. that upon lthe 1n-A t-roducton of a subsequent cin it will strike the one previously introdiiced and will be directed to thebranch chute, a crank lever having a roller located adjacent the periphery of t-he disk and operatively connected to the coin holding lever, a setting lever piv# oted to the crank lever, a lug'extending from the setting lever, a pivoted'arm having a roller normally held away from vthe perplr ery of the disk, a "spring for .rocking the arm into the path of the lug when the setting lever is elevated, a dispensing device and a connection from the setting lever and the dispensing device for operating the latter when a coin is caught in one of the `seats vand rocks the crank lever, the saidcoin in the seat subsequently operating the arm and releasing the setting lever.

2; In a vending machine, the combination of a rotating disk formedvon its Vperiphery with coin seats, a chute formed, wlth` a branch to direct a coin to the coin seatsLa pivoted coin holding lever having pins which lextend into the chute below the branch thereof, a pivoted crank lever co- 'operatively connected -to the coin holding lever, a roller extending from the crank lever adjacent the periphery of the disk, a setting lever pivotedto an arm of the crank lever, a lug extending from the setting lever, a pivoted arm having a roller normally held away from the peripheryof the disk, the upper end of said arm being held by Athe lug when the setting lever is raised, a

spring connectingv the arm and the coin holding lever, ,said spring serving tonor-r mallyvfvhold the coin holding lever in position to locate the upper pin ing-the path of a coin introduced in the chute and support the same, dispensingmeans, a -lever between the setting lever vand the dispensing means to operate the latter when the former is raised,

the coin previously introduced in the chute acting as a guide to direct a subsequent coin to one of the coin seats, the said coin acting on the crank lever to operate the dispensing :means and release the coin on the pin and subsequently acting on the rollervon 'the arm to reset the parts.

3. In a vendin machine the combination .of a rotating dis; formed with coin-seats,

a chute having a branch to direct a .coin to one of the seats in the disk, means fortem- -porarily supporting a coin in ,the chute on pins extending therefrom to temporarily support a coin adjacent the branch in th`e chute and subsequently catch and hold the coin for a definite period after having been released from its temporary position, a dispensing device,means including pivoted levers operable by a coin held in one of the seats for operating the dispensing device and releasing the temporarily supported coin, and means subsequently operated upon by said coin for finally releasing the coin.

5. In a vending machine, the combination A of a rotating disk formed on its periphery with a series of coin seats, a chute formed4 with a branclr to direct a coin to one of the coin seats, means for temporarily supporting a coin in thechute adjacent the branch therein, a dispensinff device, a pivoted lever cooperating with t e same to release the said device, andfmeans including a pivot'ed lever-with Whicha coin held in one of the seats operates to rock. the pivoted lever to operate the dispensing device, the said coinv in the coin seat coperating to release the parts and vto permit the latter to assume their normal osition.

6.1.1,In a ven ing machine the combination of a rotating disk formed with coin seats, a chute formed with a branch'to direct a coin to one of the coin seats, means for temporarily holding a coin in the chute adjacent the branch thereof whereby when a subsequent coin is' introduced it will pass to one of the coin' seats, aidispensing device, means operated by the coin inthe seat for' releasing the temporarily supported coin and operating lthe dispensing device,^means for again catching and temporarily supporting the released coin, a rocking plate, a connection between the rocking plate and the means operated by the coin for operating said plate, and means operated by the coin in the seat for setting the plate` in closed pol sition and releasing the coin temporarlly supported in the chute to permit said coin to fall on the plate.=

7. In a vendingv machine the* combination of a rotating disk formed with coinr seats, ,a

chute having a branch which directs a coin to one of said seats, a pivoted lever having two pins adapted to be moved into the path of a coin passing through the chute, a diS-.

pensing device, a Y rocking coin receiving plate, means operable by a com m one of the coin seats for rocking the pivoted lever to release va coin and to place one of the pins to subsequently hold the coin in said chute to rock the coin plate and to operate the dispensing device, automatic means for holding the parts in this position, and means operable by the coin in thecoin seat for re leasing the supported coin and returning the coin plate to normal position and means for automatically closing the dispensing device `after coin has operated the resetting means.

'In a vending machine, the combination of a coin chute, a continually rotating disk formed with coin seats,'a dispensing device, means for holding a coin introduced in the chute to subsequently act as a guide to direct a subsequently inserted coin to one of the seats in the disk, means operated by a coin in one of the coin seats for operating the coin holding means to release saidcoin and operate the dispensing device, means for holding the parts in this yposition during a partial rotation of the disk, said latter means being in the' path of lthe `coin in the seat and adapt-ed to be struck thereby to reset the'part's to normal position.`

9, In a vending machine, the combination of arotating disk formed with coin seats, a. coin chute having a branch to direct coins tothe cpin seats, means in the' chute to temporarily support a coin whereby to direct a subsequent coin to the' branch and into one of the coin seats and means o erated by :the coin-kin thesseat totreleasert e tempointo one of the coin seats, said means also having a .second coin support to subsequently hold the coin in the chute, a latch for holding the coin supporting means in Y position to place the second coin. support in the path of the coin in the chute, said latch beingvoperated by the coin in the seat to iinally releaseA the coin supported in the chute. I y

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set vmy hand in. presence of two Witnesses. 'l

` LUDWIG NEUMAYER. Witnesses:

AUGUST OosTERMAN, H. SHANKS. 

